ERNEST MEISSONIER (1815-1891) Study of a horse, head turned (study for a reconnaissance officer). Oil on panel. 27 x 14.5 cm. On the back of the panel: - Wax stamp of the Meissonier sale, 1893 - Annotation "Étude pour officier en reconnaissance". - Cut-out of sale description and number 150 - Numbers 109 and 145 in blue Crack and stain on lower left panel. Provenance: Sale May 12-13-15, 1893, Galerie Georges Petit, lot 150 described as: "Etude de cheval." Brown horse, seen from the front, head turned to the left. Study for painting: Officer in Reconnaissance. [1877] Panel. Height 28 cent; width 14 cent 1/2". Annotated in pencil sale price 1420. Exhibition -Bibliography : Exposition Meissonier, Galerie Georges Petit, 8 rue de Sèze, Paris, March 1893, lot 150 p. 46.